The City of Joondalup has many ideal locations that make entertaining children a breeze. The City has an abundance of outdoor parks that are suitable for children’s parties along with a number of suitable indoor community facilities when the weather is not on your side. See below for information on suitable locations along with relevant photos and booking links for your child’s next birthday. Additionally there is a helpful FAQ page for answers to any questions you might have.
If you wish to proceed to the City’s online booking system to make a booking, follow this link to start your online booking application. Please allow seven days for your booking to be assessed by one of the City’s Booking Officers. Should your booking date be within this time frame, call the Community Facilities Bookings Office during business hours on 9400 4268.
The City of Joondalup has many ideal locations for weddings. There are an abundance of beautiful parks and beaches that would enhance the back drop to any wedding ceremony. See below for information regarding the most ideal locations for wedding ceremonies within the City of Joondalup.
The City of Joondalup currently holds 25 artworks by Indigenous artists. This catalogue features research and words by guest Curator, Esther McDowell/Yabini Kickett, first published in July 2020 by the City of Joondalup.
Event organisers must submit an expression of interest to host an event within the City of Joondalup.
It is recommended that you discuss your application with the Community Facilities Bookings Team prior to submitting an expression of interest.
To submit an application complete the Expression of Interest form and return to the city via email.
Submission of an application does not imply approval and it will take approximately 2-4 weeks to obtain in principal approval depending on the type of event you wish to host.
Thank you to everyone who came down to Little Feet Festival on Sunday 29 October 2023! We hope you had a wonderful time playing, dancing, learning and exploring an Octopus’s Garden and we can’t wait to see you all again next year.
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The City will manage the community facilities based on the latest advice from the State Government and Department of Health WA. Below is a list of the maximum capacity for each facility and various resources related to the hire and use of City managed community facilities, including COVID-19 safety plans for each facility.
Brian Anthony Cooper OAM, a long-term Woodvale resident, has been there for many of the big moments in the 21 year-history of the City of Joondalup, and in the lead up to its formation in 1998.
The last Mayor before Wanneroo split into two separate Cities, Brian was there for a number of firsts in his time as Mayor; a role he filled on three separate occasions. He was there when the region’s first public golf course opened at Marangaroo, he was there a decade later for the unveiling of the first aquatic centre at Wanneroo Water World (predecessor to City of Joondalup Leisure Centre – Craigie) and he was there to cut the ribbon as the epicentre of Joondalup – Joondalup Library and the Civic Centre – opened its doors for the first time.
Brian was a Councillor at the Shire of Wanneroo (1984) and City of Wanneroo before his first his first term as Mayor in 1986 (until 1988). He also served as Mayor in 1989-90 and 1997-98. Brian recalls that back then there wasn’t much to Joondalup apart from the hospital, current City administration building and Joondalup Basketball Stadium.
However, he does remember the Council and administration at the time were dedicated to the vision set out by Sir Charles Court for Joondalup to become the civic, cultural and economic capital of Perth’s northern corridor.
A successful businessman, his strong work ethic and drive to give back to his community only increased upon retirement from fulltime work. He has held several senior leadership positions within many local community organisations and has also served on several community and government boards.
Brian is the former President of Marmion Probus Club, former Chairman and Board Member of the Wanneroo Shire Council Aged Persons Trust for 17 years, Patron and Life Member of Wanneroo Basketball Association (Current), former President of the Association of Independent Retirees (Northern Suburbs), Life Member and Former President of Wanneroo Rotary Club, Life Member of National Electrical Contractors Association, former Chairman of the Wanneroo Economic Development Association (Joondalup Business Association), former Board member of the Metropolitan Planning Council and former Manager of Wanneroo Junior Cricket teams and President of Wanneroo Districts Cricket Club.
Brian was awarded an Australia Day Medal in 2019 (of the Order of Australia in the General Division) for his services to the community.
It was another big financial year for the City across 2018/19. Take a look back at some of the highlights, including the many services, programs and events that were delivered.
A gift is valued between $50.00 and $299.00 or are two or more gifts with a cumulative value (where the gifts are received from the same donor within a 12-month period).
The gift is to an employee from a donor with an activity involving a local government discretion (that cannot be undertaken without an authorisation from the local government, or by way of a commercial dealing with the local government), or from an associated person (who is undertaking or seeking to undertake an activity involving a local government discretion or, it is reasonable to believe is intending to undertake an activity involving a local government discretion).
The City’s current Gifts Register for Employees contains disclosures made since Friday1 January 2021. Disclosures made between Monday1 January 2018 to Thursday31 December 2020 are shown in the Former Register of Notifiable Gifts.
Any disclosures made prior to Monday1 January 2018 are contained in hard copy gift registers that are available for public inspection during the City’s standard opening hours.
Image: ‘Creatures of the Crystal Caves‘ (detail) by Mandy White. Winner of the 2021 Invitation Art Prize.
The Invitation Art Prize is a major acquisitive award for West Australian professional artists with winning artworks acquired into the City’s contemporary art collection.
The program is on pause in 2024 while a review is being undertaken. Please visit this page again in October 2024 for updates or subscribe to the monthly Arts in Focus eNewsletter.
The 2023 Invitation Art Prize celebrated its 25-year milestone with a never-before-seen retrospective edition. Presented at Westfield Whitford City, it featured the winning artwork from each year of the award. Exploring diverse art forms and trends in Australian art practice, the 2023 Invitation Art Prize found connections across its 25-year history, proudly looking back at the evolution of this prestigious prize and contemporary art in WA.
Exhibition view of ‘The sometimes luxury handbag and other suburban fables’ by Emma Buswell, ‘Night Continuous’ by Gosia Wlodarczak, and ‘Yellow’ by Brendan Van Hek (left to right). Photo: Christophe Canato.
Exhibition view of ‘It’s Not a Party Without the Devil’ by Trevor Bly and Patrick Doherty. Photo: Becky Felstead – Soco Studios.
Brendan Van Hek, ‘Yellow’ (detail). Winner of the 2009 Invitation Art Prize. Photo: Christophe Canato.
Teelah George, ‘Nothing and Everything That is Near Peripheral 1’ (detail). Winner of the 2014 Invitation Art Prize. Photo: Christophe Canato.
Exhibition view of the Invitation Art Prize., featuring ‘Creatures of the Crystal Caves’ by Mandy White, and ‘Field Map 1’ by Trevor Richards in the background (left to right). Photo: Christophe Canato.
Inside Out Billboard Commission
Congratulations to Erin Coates, the winner of the Inside Out Billboard Commission, with her artwork Microeconomics (paradise spent). Using imagery from international coinage, including human figures, animals, plants and elements of landscape architecture, Coates recreated the centre panel of Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights, presenting a subversive take on nationalism, wealth and greed. Erin will be awarded $3,000 to create a new artwork that will be displayed outside the Joondalup Library in 2024.
Winner of the Inside Out Billboard Commission, Erin Coates, in front of her winning artwork ‘Microeconomics (paradise spent)’. Photo: Becky Felstead – Soco Studios.
Popular Choice Award
Congratulations to Richie Kuhaupt who has been awarded $500 after receiving the most votes in the Popular Choice Award for his eye-catching sculpture, Woman in Red.
Winner of the Popular Choice Award, ‘Woman in Red’ by Richie Kuhaupt. Winner of the 2000 Invitation Art Prize. Photo: Christophe Canato.
Keep Up To Date
The Invitation Art Prize has impacted the careers of over 700 exhibiting artists in its history. It continues to support the agency of contemporary artists working across different practices, career stages and lived experiences. To be informed of upcoming artist callouts and information about future exhibitions, please subscribe to the City’s monthly Arts in Focus eNewsletter.
Acknowledgements
The City of Joondalup wishes to thank all the artists who contributed to the history of the Invitation Art Prize, as well as all those who have attended the exhibitions over the years.
Thank you to Westfield Whitford City, Exhibition Venue Partner for the Invitation Art Prize: 25 Year Retrospective.
Magpies are protected under the Wildlife Conservation Act and it is illegal to harm them. The City has no jurisdiction in the care, management or relocation of aggressive magpies during the nesting season. The Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions – Parks and Wildlife Service manages all native fauna within the City of Joondalup.
In extreme cases, a particularly aggressive magpie may have to be removed from a site. Individual cases must be assessed by the Parks and Wildlife Service.
Nesting season usually occurs between August and November.
Any concerns can be reported to the Department’s Wildcare Helpline on 9474 9055 or alternatively the Parks and Wildlife Service website has some interesting information regarding living with magpies.
Magpies – Swooping
August to November is nesting season for magpies and occasionally male magpies become territorial to protect their young and may swoop if they think the nest or offspring are in danger. If you are swooped by a magpie, stay calm, do not run and avoid looking towards swooping birds.
To assist residents and visitors, the City encourages the public to report incidents involving territorial magpies; temporary warning signs will then be installed at the site to assist in planning your travels within the City.
Image: Still Life on my Studio Table, 2023, by Katie Gordon. Artwork photo by FoxLab Fine Art. Installation photo by Aaron Claringbold.
The Inside-Out Billboard Project is a commission program for West Australian visual artists to create a large outdoor billboard at Joondalup Library and Joondalup Courthouse. The project offers artists an opportunity to play with scale and site, and consider how their practice may translate into a large-scale digital print in the public realm.
Artists are invited to the commission by exhibiting in one of the City’s annual art awards, the Community Art Exhibition (held in June) and the Invitation Art Prize (held in October).
The Inside Out Billboard Project aims to add vibrancy to the City Centre, providing a chance for the community to discover new artworks by West Australian artists.
The latest artworks on display are: Still Life on my Studio Table, 2023, by Katie Gordon at the Joondalup Library; and Lake Joondalup, 2021 by Naomi Grant at the Joondalup Courthouse.
New Commission at Joondalup Library
Image: Still Life on my Studio Table, 2023, by Katie Gordon. Artwork photo by FoxLab Fine Art.
Katie Gordon’s artworks aim to elevate the everyday, and her latest work Still Life on my Studio Table takes the intimate, small and familiar – in this case the items bathed in light on her studio table – and places them into the context of the exposed, large and foreign – the 6 x 3 metre billboard outside Joondalup Library.
Gordon’s subject is a quotidian moment of serenity – a shell, a vase, and a banksia branch. It is one that could easily be overlooked, and yet is soothing in its simplicity and familiarity. Each item of ordinary beauty is rendered in warm tones that reflect the surrounding Joondalup buildings and bushland. Bathed in balmy sunshine filtering through the window blinds, and casting long and striking shadows, the scene offers a meditative moment for a public busily engaged in their daily lives.
Gordon began this artwork by arranging a photographic composition, utilizing light and shadow as a key element of the design. After a selection and editing process, she then started a drawing process to translate the photograph. Key outlines of the design were drawn onto plywood and etched out using a powered rotary instrument, before larger infill areas of shadow were hand-carved away using linoleum cutting tools. The result is a form of relief carving that provides subtle depth to the artwork and further exposes the texture of the wood grain. Gordon completed the work with a painted layer via an interpretative process, rather than holding fast to the reality of the photograph.
The presented work at the Inside-Out Billboard site is a digital print of Gordon’s original acrylic painting on carved wood. In considering the billboard site she says, “I have chosen to create an image that is dynamic and easily recognizable, and able to be understood and appreciated quickly in passing. My intention is for the billboard to be visually soothing by conveying a fleeting moment of stillness and serenity amidst the busyness of the everyday.”
In this subtle way, Still Life on my Studio Table is an anti-hype invitation to simply notice the significance of the present. Regardless of how mundane, Gordon asks viewers to look at the old in new ways, with heightened sensitivity that life is here, right now, and not elsewhere.
Gordon has created this 18th Inside-Out Billboard commission, which was awarded through the 2023 Community Art Exhibition, and will be on display from Saturday 17 February 2024 – Saturday 22 February 2025.
About the Artist
Born in 1989, Katie Gordon spent her formative years living in Zimbabwe, before immigrating to Perth in 2001. Her dual strengths in both art and math, saw Katie study theatre design at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, before going on to graduate with a Bachelor of Business from Edith Cowan University in 2012.
Following 3 years working as an accountant, Katie began creating art in earnest again in 2016. Working mostly in coloured pencil and depicting flowers from her garden in hyper-realistic detail, Katie began to exhibit and sell her work locally. Alongside her art practice, Katie worked as gallery coordinator at the Joondalup Art Gallery before the birth of her son in late 2018.
Recently, the subject matter of Katie’s work has expanded to include portraits and landscapes alongside still-life and interior depictions of her immediate home environment. Katie particularly enjoys juxtaposing natural and human-made objects of familiar beauty into visually dynamic arrangements. She photographs these from varying angles to capture fleeting shadows as a key element of the composition. The most impacting images are edited and then either delicately rendered into photorealist drawings or carved onto plywood and painted in a looser and more graphic style.
Katie has regularly participated in the City of Joondalup’s Community Art Exhibition, winning the Celebrating Joondalup Award in 2022 and the Inside-Out Billboard Commission in 2023.
Rotated Commission at Joondalup Courthouse
Image: Lake Joondalup, 2021, Naomi Grant.
Naomi Grant is a contemporary indigenous artist and was the 14th artist commissioned to produce an artwork for display as part of the Inside-Out Billboard project. Lake Joondalup is based on a setting at Picnic Cove. For this commission, Grant explored her interests in the landscapes and waterscapes of Australia. Her intention was to capture the beauty, tranquility and regeneration of the lake that so many people, animals and plants rely on. With a background in textiles, Grant often relays the beauty, pattern and colour she sees in the environment and creates her artwork by painting in acrylic and incorporating collage, layering coloured tissue paper over the painted surface. Grant was selected for the commission through the City’s 2020 Invitation Art Prize.
About the Artist
Naomi Grant is a descendant of the Wiradjuri people of central New South Wales and was born in Sydney. She previously lived in Perth and now resides in Queensland. Her successful career as a practicing artist and designer spans the past 40 years, including a Bachelor of Art in Design from W.A.I.T. (now Curtin University).
Grant’s works are held in private and public collections in Australia and overseas, including Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, Tourism Australia, Oxfam Australia and Ronald McDonald House. Her many awards include the inaugural Hawkesbury Art Award in Sydney, as well as awards and purchases from City of Belmont, City of Bayswater, City of Midland, Town of Victoria Park, and City of Blacktown in New South Wales.
Inside-Out Billboard Commissions
Kodi Dennison ‘Doonuna’ 2023
Britt Mikkelsen ‘Satellite City’, 2022
Joanna Webber, ‘Lemons and Gum Leaves’, 2021.
Naomi Grant ‘Lake Joondalup’ 2021
Minaxi May ‘Softening the Binaries’, 2020
Talia Nicholson ‘Pick’n’Mix’, 2019
Sarah Elson ‘Hymenosporum, After the Seeds are Sown’, 2019
Dita E Hagedorn ‘Illusion’, 2018
Angela Stewart ‘Prudenza’, 2018
Judy Rogers ‘Skinny White Girl’, 2017
Andy Quilty ‘Burnout Painting #18’, 2017
Julian Tennant ‘Tabula Rasa’, 2016
Amy Perejuan-Caporn ‘Cave of Forms, December 1975’, 2015
Eric Hynynen ‘We Are Nature’, 2015
Christophe Canato ‘Pandora’s Box’, 2015
Chloe Tupper ‘Refreshments on Stripy Tablecloth’, 2014
Helen Smith ‘Alighiero e Boetti from Wikipedia Commonwealth of Nations’, 2013
In 1837, two whaling companies started up at Fremantle. Patrick Marmion was able to gain the license to operate one of the whaling companies in 1848, upon which he assumed the impressive title of ‘master whaler’. He failed to retain the license for the 1849 season and immediately petitioned Governor Fitzgerald for permission to establish a whaling station several kilometres north of Fremantle in what is now Sorrento. The petition was quickly granted and a shore whaling station was built on ten acres of leased crown land in 1849. Shore whaling involved rowing small shore-based chaser boats to intercept migrating whales. If the whaling crew was successful, they towed the dead whales back to shore for processing. The whaling station operated for three years. In 1852, it was permanently abandoned.
The City of Joondalup has recently received funding to install 65 Beach Emergency Numbers (BEN) signs as part of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Beach Emergency Numbers (BEN) grants application program.
The Beach Emergency Numbers (BEN) program is a coding system designed to improve emergency incident response times of locating the closest beach access points by installing signs with unique numbers at beach access points. Provision of specific location information is vital when emergency services are deployed in the event of shark attacks or other beach emergencies and for reporting shark sightings.
The City encourages beach users to familiarise themselves with sign locations and to take note of the unique code associated with each location. Detailed maps of all sign locations and a Frequently Asked Questions document can be downloaded below.
Scenarios where users can reference BEN signs unique codes include:
When reporting shark sightings (contact Water Police on 9442 8600)
When reporting a beach emergency (contact Police on 000)
Note: Where possible, callers should wait at the beach access point until emergency service personnel arrive.
The City also encourages its residents and visitors to download the “Emergency+” app, which is a free app developed by Australia’s emergency services and their Government and industry partners. The app uses GPS functionality in smart phones to callers and provides critical location details required to mobilise emergency services.
Whether it’s on the water, on land or in the air, you’re sure to find an activity that caters to your sense of adventure all within a very short distance of Joondalup City Centre.
There is an abundance of things to do across the City of Joondalup’s 17 kilometre pristine coastline.
Explore award-winning Hillarys Boat Harbour, go on a sunset cruise or a whale watching tour, learn kitesurfing at Pinnaroo Point, surf at Mullaloo Beach, snorkel at Marmion Marine Park, go jet skiing or paddle boarding in the blue waters of the Indian Ocean, sail a boat or a dingy from Hillarys Yacht Club, take things to a whole new level by flying the latest and craziest jetblade, go on a deep-sea fishing adventure or even take your horse for a swim.
Some of the best waves in the City can also be found in Joondalup City Centre at Aloha Surfhouse, Australia’s first indoor wave pool facility that caters for all surfers.
The City of Joondalup is home to one of Australia’s best golf courses. Challenge your golf skills and let the landscape take your breath away during your visit to the Joondalup Resort.
Few golf courses anywhere in the world offer the dramatic contrasts, the scenic beauty and the sheer golfing challenge of Joondalup Country Club’s 27-hole championship golf course.
Joondalup Resort golf course is just a few minutes from the beach, yet totally immersed in its bushland setting. The specular golf course meanders through a network of majestic quarries, lakes and dunes, providing a picturesque landscape at every hole.
The Quarry and Dunes nine-hole courses at Joondalup Resort are ranked seventh in Australia’s Top 100 Golf Courses of 2018.
The golf course and the Pro Shop are open to the public seven days a week.
Featuring a small beach gazebo at one end of the beach and a boardwalk at the other, this small but idyllic location is popular for families looking for a sheltered stretch of beach to have a picnic or a dip in the crystal clear waters in this pristine part of Marmion Marine Park. If the kids are feeling more adventurous, perhaps visit the lookout and Iluka Foreshore Park with playground with toilet and BBQ facilities only a short walk away.
Iluka Beach is connected to the extensive and beautiful coastal footpath meandering along the coastline, providing further opportunity to enjoy this region by taking a nice stroll while enjoying the stunning views it offers.
The 5-Year Corporate Business Plan is the City’s medium-term planning document that contains the services, projects and activities which have been developed in response to the vision, goals and outcomes of the City’s 10-Year Strategic Community Plan — Joondalup 2032. Every local government in Western Australia is required to have a corporate business plan and the plan is reviewed on an annual basis.
Monitoring and reporting against the 5-Year Corporate Business Plan is undertaken through Corporate Business Plan Quarterly Reports (below), Capital Works Quarterly Progress Reports and Annual Reports.
Council endorsed the Corporate Business Plan 2023–2027 at the 27 June 2023 Council Meeting (CJ093-06/23 refers). A copy of the Corporate Business Plan 2023–2027 can be found below.
A family favourite, Mullaloo Beach North is a popular swimming beach, ideal for children of all ages, take a dip in the refreshing waters of the Indian Ocean or laze on the soft white sand. Enjoy a stroll, run or a bike ride on the beach paths that connect Mullaloo to neighbouring beaches along the coast.
Mullaloo Beach North features a lookout which sits atop a small hill. Why not take a brief walk to the top and drink in a spectacular Indian Ocean sunset.
Look out for seabirds, dolphins, sea lions, rays and a huge diversity of other species from the beach or lookout.
The Joondalup Reception Centre is a multipurpose community venue with a large function room, pre-function lobby and a gallery space available for hire. The Joondalup Reception Centre is the perfect venue for weddings, engagements, fundraisers, birthdays, and special occasions. The venue is also perfect for large meetings, workshops, networking and offers options for smaller breakaway spaces.
2024 Closure
The City of Joondalup administration building is undergoing construction from January 2024 – June 2024, which will affect the operations of the Joondalup Reception Centre. Unfortunately, the Centre will not be bookable during this time. Please contact the community venues bookings team for alternative options.
Capacity
Function Room: 300 square metres, 300 person capacity – with the potential to partition into two rooms.
Pre–Function Lobby: 100 square metres adjoining the function room – suitable space for registrations, pre-reception drinks, food service and tea and coffee stations.
The Gallery: 50 square metres – perfect place for pre drinks and canapes with access to outdoor space and gardens overlooking Central Park.
Parking: Ample free parking after 5pm on Fridays and weekends including accessible parking bays. Monday – Friday bookings. For further information about parking options, visit the City’s webpage.
Inclusions:
Round tables and chairs are included in the venue hire.
Two lecterns.
Commercial kitchen.
Bar kiosk.
Ice machine.
Air conditioning.
Please note: Wi-Fi and audio-visual equipment will need to be provided by the hirer.
Availability
Please contact the Community Facilities Booking Office to enquire about this venue. The City also offers a live calendar to view availability.
Amenities in proximity
Lakeside Shopping Centre, restaurants and cafes, hotel accommodation, CAT bus and other bus services, Joondalup Train Station, and City of Joondalup Library.
A copy of the Joondalup Reception Centre floorplan can be viewed below.
Joondalup Health Campus is the largest health care facility in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. The 650-bed hospital has featured combined public and private services since 1996. In March 2013, the new Joondalup Private Hospital opened next to the existing hospital, within the same campus. The public and private hospitals share the emergency department, operating theatres and intensive care facilities.
Brian Anthony Cooper OAM, a long-term Woodvale resident, has been there for many of the big moments in the 21 year-history of the City of Joondalup, and in the lead up to its formation in 1998.
